Axl Rose, Billy Corgan, and Alanis Morissette had been among the many artists to pay musical tributes to Lisa Marie Presley on the Graceland public memorial service Sunday for the late daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley. Lisa Marie died Jan. 12 on the age of 54.
“I by no means in one million years imagined being right here, singing below these circumstances,” Rose stated previous to his efficiency. “I do know Lisa cherished her household very a lot, and was fiercely protecting of her father and his legacy.”
Rose carried out a solo rendition of Weapons N’ Roses’ “November Rain” for his shut buddy Presley.
“I’ll miss my buddy Lisa. Her passing, simply as her son’s, or as a child, her father’s, doesn’t appear actual. Lisa cherished her household, all her kids. My coronary heart goes out to them,” Rose beforehand stated in a press release to Individuals following Presley’s demise. “Her son’s passing was stunning, tragic and devastating. It was one thing that, at a degree, you clearly didn’t wish to deliver up however awkwardly would in an effort to let her know you cared and had been serious about her, about them, and to be of any consolation one might, which she appreciated.”
Presley shall be laid to relaxation subsequent to her son Benjamin, who died by suicide on the age of 27. Rose added that following Benjamin’s demise, he and Presley would commerce “jokes, information articles and many animal vids” to “let her know of the fixed serious about her, them, and wanting one of the best for her.”
Corgan was the primary performer on the memorial, delivering an acoustic rendition of the Smashing Pumpkins ballad “To Sheila.” Corgan’s efficiency may be seen on the 17-minute mark of the video beneath:
“There may be heartbreak after which there’s sorrow. This may be sorrow and on extra ranges than I can rely,” Corgan wrote on social media following information of Presley’s demise. “Please ship your prayers out for her household and youngsters at this tough time. I really can not discover the phrases to precise how unhappy this really is.”
Like Rose, Presley leaned on Corgan following her son’s suicide; the 2 beforehand collaborated on Presley’s music “Savior” in 2003.
Following a speech by Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, Morissette, accompanied by a pianist, carried out her music “Relaxation,” which the singer beforehand debuted on the memorial service for Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington. Morissette penned the music “for these of us who battle with despair and anxiousness, isolation, suicidal ideation and the profound despair that psychological sickness can plunge us into.”
Presley’s public memorial additionally included remembrances by Elvis affiliate Jerry Schilling, her mom Priscilla Presley and a be aware to Lisa Marie written by her daughter Riley Keough and browse by Keough’s husband Ben Smith-Petersen.